Its a phenomenal phone for the price... But xiaomi constantly refuse to comply with gpl and don't release the sources for their phones. Miui is a bit bloated and maze like for me too (although i run a flashed cm build).

Now they are releasing their devices with locked bootloaders which are a pain to unlock.

25th Feb 2016

Jetpac

I have a mi4c and im about 60/30 if i would buy again. Its a phenomenal … I have a mi4c and im about 60/30 if i would buy again. Its a phenomenal phone for the price... But xiaomi constantly refuse to comply with gpl and don't release the sources for their phones. Miui is a bit bloated and maze like for me too (although i run a flashed cm build).Now they are releasing their devices with locked bootloaders which are a pain to unlock.

Does the weekly build have bloatware?I didn't know that they started to lock the bootloader.

26th Feb 2016

iDealYou

Does the weekly build have bloatware?I didn't know that they started to … Does the weekly build have bloatware?I didn't know that they started to lock the bootloader.

I switched straight away to the SMIUI kitchen rom (strips all the crap out of the rom and streamlines it)then just couldn't abide with miui and luckily there has been some cyanogenmod unofficial development (as kernel sources STILL haven't been released).

Yea they started locking the bootloader on new devices and to unlock you have to have a miui account and be a member of their crappy forums. It can then take up to 3 weeks to get an unlock code.

26th Feb 2016

really want one of these.

looks like the cheapest you can get the pro version right now is £380 delivered to your door (including import duty insurance - it'll be more like £360 if you want to risk the import duty yourself).

i'm also nervous about the bootloader and being locked in. i'm running miui on my oneplus one now and its great, but its rooted so I've been able to remove all the crap from it. that would be enough for me as with the crap gone I really like the ROM.

will hold fire for a few weeks and see how others get on with unlocking I think.

26th Feb 2016

djbenny1

really want one of these.looks like the cheapest you can get the pro … really want one of these.looks like the cheapest you can get the pro version right now is £380 delivered to your door (including import duty insurance - it'll be more like £360 if you want to risk the import duty yourself).i'm also nervous about the bootloader and being locked in. i'm running miui on my oneplus one now and its great, but its rooted so I've been able to remove all the crap from it. that would be enough for me as with the crap gone I really like the ROM.will hold fire for a few weeks and see how others get on with unlocking I think.

The pro is also my target. £380 is a very good price, where do you see this?I'm waiting for more reviews to come online.

26th Feb 2016

iDealYou

The pro is also my target. £380 is a very good price, where do you see … The pro is also my target. £380 is a very good price, where do you see this?I'm waiting for more reviews to come online.

I switched straight away to the SMIUI kitchen rom (strips all the crap … I switched straight away to the SMIUI kitchen rom (strips all the crap out of the rom and streamlines it)then just couldn't abide with miui and luckily there has been some cyanogenmod unofficial development (as kernel sources STILL haven't been released).Yea they started locking the bootloader on new devices and to unlock you have to have a miui account and be a member of their crappy forums. It can then take up to 3 weeks to get an unlock code.